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Class Details

This session is for those employees that are full time or part time. Relief, Registry & Quick Pay staff must register as a PUBLIC person.

The Basic Life Support [BLS/CPR] course focuses on what rescuers need to know to perform high-quality CPR in a wide variety of settings. You will also learn now to respond to choking emergencies. The class is 2 ½ hours in length. You must be present for the entire class.

After successfully completing the BLS course you should be able to:

• Apply the BLS concepts of the Chain of Survival

• Recognize the signs of someone needing CPR

• Perform high-quality CPR for an adult, child and infant

• Demonstrate the appropriate use of an AED

• Provide effective ventilations by using a barrier device

• Describe the technique for relief of foreign-body airway obstruction [choking] for an adult, child and infant

• Pass an open book, written test with a minimum score of 84%

FEE: None

Continuing Education Credit

• No Continuing Education Credit is given by Mercy Iowa City.

• The American Heart Association awards CEHs for qualifying EMS providers. Please notify the instructor at the session that you are an EMS provider

Study Materials

All information will be supplied in class. Written tests are open book

Confirmation email

You will receive a confirmation email after completing your on-line registration. If you do not receive a confirmation email please call Mercy On Call 319-358-2767 or 1-800-358-2767

Mercy reserves the right to cancel the program due to insufficient enrollment and/or inclement weather. In event of either of these you will be notified and given the option of a full refund or transfer of your registration to another class if possible.

The American Heart Association strongly promotes knowledge and proficiency in all AHA courses and has developed instructional materials for this purpose. Use of these materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the AHA. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the AHA.